I've read many Deacon manuals from many viewpoints and I find this to be the most Biblically sound of them all. This Pastor, along with his many decades of service to his congregation, surveyed many other Pastors, Pastor Councils, and many others sources to put together a manual I'm sure I will share and also purchase for any Deacons in training that I'm blessed to be responsible for training. I say this realizing all black Baptist Churches tend to be autonomous so not all parts of this book will be in agreement will all Pastors but the majority of this book should apply to all.